The Eleven O'Clock Sparrow
mysteryEveryoneMrs. Otto was still at her newsstand, stacking papers. 'Where is everybody?' Elias asked. She lowered her voice. 'Didn't you hear? They're tearing down the fountain Thursday. The whole square's being dug up for a parking lot. Everyone's already packing up to leave.'
Elias hurried back to the fountain to say goodbye to the spot. There on the third spoke he found a twig nest with two tiny eggs. If they tore down the fountain Thursday, the eggs would be lost. He had to tell someone, fast.
What happens next?
1 ways forwardElias called the local paper and the bird-watching club. By noon, a reporter and a wildlife officer stood at the fountain photographing the nest. 'You can't demolish an active nest,' the officer told the foreman. The bulldozer rolled away. The eggs were safe, and Elias could finally breathe.